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Charles Colson

1931 - 2012

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Charles Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012), generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man", Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven and also for pleading guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, Colson served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama, as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.Colson became an evangelical Christian in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Colson has received more than 1,218,921 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Charles Colson is the 16,478th most popular politician (down from 15,186th in 2019), the 9,891st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,327th in 2019) and the 644th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Colsons by language

Over the past year Charles Colson has had the most page views in the with 153,229 views, followed by Spanish (4,258), and German (2,507). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (72.48%), Hungarian (52.27%), and Danish (40.20%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Colson ranks 16,478 out of 19,576. Before him are Štefan Füle, Jacques Cheminade, Jagmeet Singh, Claude Bartolone, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and Tenskwatawa. After him are Nuno Gomes Nabiam, Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, Gila Gamliel, Edward Givens, Rand Paul, and Lokendra Bahadur Chand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Charles Colson ranks 518. Before him are Nirupa Roy, Ali Beratlıgil, Mary L. Good, Jaime Salazar, Clement Arrindell, and Rip Taylor. After him are Robert Morse, Stanislav Lusk, Aleksandar Ivoš, Zoltán Huszárik, Marla Gibbs, and Anne Heywood. Among people deceased in 2012, Charles Colson ranks 414. Before him are Takao Sakurai, Nicholas Katzenbach, Ramaz Urushadze, Janice E. Voss, John Tchicai, and Fidélis. After him are Earl Scruggs, Tony Martin, Ian Burgess, Philippe Bugalski, Héctor Camacho, and Terry Callier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 9,891 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Doughty (1793), Katie Eder (1950), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Kevin Alejandro (1976), Tenskwatawa (1775), and Alexander Wetmore (1886). After him are Andrea Leeds (1914), Bruce Schneier (1963), Jessica Jung (1989), Hope Sandoval (1966), Scott Turow (1949), and Robert Morse (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 644. Before him are Spark Matsunaga (1916), Alexander Acosta (1969), Richard Rush (1780), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Richard Shelby (1934), and Tenskwatawa (1775). After him are Edward Givens (1930), Rand Paul (1963), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Edward Rutledge (1749), Susan Collins (1952), and Ted Stevens (1923).

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